Why It Works: Even from a standard, non-collector's edition DVD release can beautiful box art spring. Take this middling disc release from some eight years ago, which still wows us with its strange imagery -- imagery which is more or less a rip of the original one-sheet from 1968. Something is clearly not right with that baby on the cover, and who exactly left him on that foreboding-looking hilltop anyway? Don't ask Rosemary, because she's obviously got a lot on her mind at the moment…

Points Off: That hateful Paramount Widescreen Collection strip at the bottom of the shot has never done a single release any favors, and the Rosemary's Baby logo is kind of artless (albeit apparently culled from the original marketing materials for the film too).

Opera Limited Edition

Label: Paramount

Why It Works: Italian giallo master Dario Argento has so many freaked-out movies, and there have been some equally morbidly fascinating posters over the years to go with said films, but his domestic DVD releases have been surprisingly shortchanged in the design department. Still, we couldn't pass up the chance to include the art for Opera on this list, mainly because of the nightmare-inducing pins-under-the-eyes shot.

Points Off: God, lose all the text and the THX nonsense. That stuff should be on the back of your DVD packaging, people. Besides, this is Argento here -- the people who rent or buy this disc are going to do so regardless of the THX-ness of it.

Why It Works: Yes, we know we've already included one Dracula here, but take a look at the image below and explain to us how we could not include it as well? Emblematic of the unique slant Francis Ford Coppola's underrated 1992 film took towards the infamous character, this cover art doesn't even feel the need to show us Drac's face! We do see the lurking shadow of his past life -- as a hero -- in the background, a theme which of course colors the entire film. And speaking of color, dig the red and white tones on the character himself. The blood… the blood!

Points Off: Do we need to have Bram Stoker and Francis Coppola's names here? And is the image just a wee bit too sharp for its own good?